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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2022
- Join Kim as she heads out to a location that's been calling her back for weeks now. She talks about how the best photographers follow their intuition when deciding what to photograph.
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What locations and subjects are you most drawn to?
Ships and boats, whether their military , fishing, pleasure, wrecks or beached boats, I like to go to quays, marina's, canals, just something about them, and there settings, my comfortable place. I took some photographs at a wedding in Italy a couple of weeks ago, I'm not a people photographer, I felt very uncomfortable to be perfectly honest ,I like your grass pictures , did you call the method ICM!!!! x
Thanks 🙏🏼 for the great video!! You made me 🤔 think about my photography in a way I had not . I love nature photography. But when I thought about it I’m drawn to macro and bird photography more than anything. Traveling to new places is fun , but if I don’t feel a connection with the place and subject, then I don’t like the photos as much. Again, thanks 🙏🏼 for this realization!!! 📸😊
For me its Birds. Herons, Eagles, Osprey, Hawks and Falcons. I suppose anywhere I can find these Birds I'm there although Scotland is my favorite place in the world. Thanks for another great video.
Would love to see any small towns, and the Skene Castle of Aberdeenshire….from my history. My granddaughter is married and lives in Dublin, Ireland. She is a photo-journalist, 29, and my love! I am 81. Best to you. Your work is so beautiful! 😎🇺🇸🌷🙏
Great video Kim and some very wise advice - thank you. For me I’m regularly drawn to Mersea Island on the Essex coast, just 25 mins from home. I love the boats, the salt marsh and the 2 river estuaries at either end if it.
I've been an amateur photographer for over 50 years. The challenge for me now, due to my health and limited opportunities, is mostly photographing within a mile or two from home with easy walking. So I go out for an hour or two most days and take photos of "everyday" scenes and things, trying to make them look interesting.
Depending on the type of photography you do, you need to change your mindset.
For Wildlife you need lots of patience, and to go out on your own.
For sports, you need anticipation.
For landscapes, the ability to experiment, and have an eye for the unusual.
Don't be afraid to take a lot of photos, even if you delete a lot of them. Don't think you have
to obey any rules of photography.
Very nice video Kim.
Yes rules are there to be broken when it comes to creativity 😊 Enjoy what you enjoy
When you feel like you're home makes the best photography. Sad that it took COVID to show many photographers that what they need to photograph is in their backyard instead of travelling outside the area. I use to watch and subscribe to many photographer but they don't care about me as I'm just a number. They don't check out subscriber channels, most fake excitement and use the same words in every video. After 43 years of taking pictures, I've been trying video and it's given me something to learn and really I'm just capturing memories. The best and greatest photo will be the last one I take. Enjoy what you do and live the dream because life passes very fast and if you don't enjoy what you do it shows.
Thank you Kim! What you said at the end really clarified how I was feeling . I was disappointed with the photos I took while on holiday but I realise now , as beautiful as the location was I wasn't there long enough to the create a connection. All I was ever going to get was decent holiday snaps! All my best work was during lockdown when I wandered the town and beach truly absorbed in capturing the beauty. This video has taken a weight from me! Thank you so much. 💖
Thank you so much for this video. Your advice is exactly what I needed to hear right now.
I am in Tasmania and have Scottish/Irish ancestry, so I am always feeling 'home' calling me. But here in Tasmania, there are some beautiful landscapes that offer a strong sense of place, and I love those places, because I was born and grew up up here. No more trying to think of where to go to take some photos, because I know in my heart where the special places are. Thank you again. Loved this video so much. xxx.
I enjoy and am inspired by your videos,this one was a wake up call to me.Lately my photos have been okay but lacking feeling.Tomorrow I will go to my favorite place to shoot pictures..the coast of Maine and the beautiful Atlantic ocean.My best photos have come from this area,I feel a strong connection with the ocean and the surrounding area.Thank you Kim for the inspiration!!
Wise words Kim, and during lockdown I explored dozens of footpaths around my house that I didn't even know existed. I was amazed how many good shots I came away with just from walking a mile or so from home. Now we are free to travel again, but I still head out once a week or so to revisit those paths. Getting to know a landscape in all its moods and seasons helps get the best from it, no doubt.
Couldn’t agree more, it’s all about instinct but also a bit like riding a bike, muscle memory kicks in when your instincts take over and that’s when the journey begins to a great photo. Thanks for the wee escape to the beach, currently sitting in an airport looking at concrete so this was brilliant. 😊
Very cool to see you shouting out other photographers that inspire you. That’s how I found your channel. Mark Denney mentioned you in a video about those that inspire him a few years back and I have been watching you ever since. Keep up the good work, Kim!
Lovely of Mark to do that and lovely of you to join along on my adventures. Thank you 🙏
Hi Kim...awesome video...i love the fact that you can go to a beach with no one around for miles and have the privacy to do what you want wo being spied upon...beautiful beach area...I love the way you just "let go" of preconceived notions of taking photos and take photos of what YOU like... I remember in the beginning of my photography start that i didnt know what i wanted to photograph, so you just take photos of a lot of different things....Until one day i discovered beautiful sunsets and magnificent thunderstorms with lightning and Astro...that is MY passion now...it just takes time to find your "niche" for photos...Thanx Kim...cant wait for your next vid.....
Hello from Colorado, and thank you for this lesson. I had never vocalized it, but seeing this video and relating it to my own experiences, it may have helped me to come to the same realization. I've traveled a bit, yet I have seen far too little of my home state. Colorado is, in my opinion, one of the truly beautiful places. From prairie to mountains to desert, we have a diverse ecosystem, and something to find for every taste. In one week I'll be exploring with my sister, in a small part of the mountains where I've never been before. We are taking 5 days to be able to take the time to immerse ourselves, to just let our cameras find their own images. Watching you, watching Simon, has given me a way of approaching it that I hadn't really considered. So thank you, and I wish you many years of happy rambling around your beautiful home.
Absolutely love your videos Kim, a really good learning curve indeed.
Keep up the good work 👍
Your enthusiasm, bursts from you. You have such a good way or sharing your experiences, infectious and uplifting....Keep it going Kim. xx
Very kind Adam - thank you ☺️
Well done Kim. Your videos have a calming effect.
Brilliant tutorial Kim I do get drawn to places whether it be woodland, water , nature architecture,etc I always like to feel it it , as it does make better photographic opportunities I think anyway I also go with other photographers and we disperse looking for things of interest and always come back with something different from each other thank you Kim 👍❤️
Wow! I might have to try experimenting with trying to capture that motion. Love how it turned out and never would have thought to try that. Scotland, my ancestral home and what is not to love. Thanks for sharing.
Just found this! I had to Google ICM. This video and especially your little chat at the end was really something. Thanks Kim! I must go out and try some ICM.
Great video, Kim!
When I transitioned from film I went through quite a few digital cameras before I realised the cameras I wanted to shoot with. I also bought loads of equipment. Every year we would rent a beach house and my priority was to get all of the cameras out and ready, some on tripod, others on window sills so that I could pick one up at a moment's notice. Over the years my equipment requirements decreased. I still have it all and still use it on occasion, but I realised it was all 'clutter'. I have dedicated lenses on each camera body and when I go out I take the camera that 'speaks' to me or feels right on that particular occasion.
I don't worry about what I don't have available. This style gives me what I consider the truest comparison to film - one camera, one lens and an image that presents itself.
How I shoot may not be for everyone, but that doesn't matter. One of the things that I love about photography is that there is room for all of us.
Inspiring video, Thank you Kim!
Was great to watch this video, always giving me things to think about. Love the images, thanks for sharing Kim.
Thank you so much Roy. Enjoy pondering the questions 😃
Kim, when I started photography, I watched many youtube channels on how to learn camera settings, composition, and most would give info. but the video would always lead to buying equipment, editing software. I just wanted to learn how to use my camera, and take good pictures. Thankfully you provide inspiring info on photography, and life. I for one will be on your channel as long as you have one...andy
I totally agree Kim. Do what draws you and are most comfortable With 📷👍
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I like how you have cleverly integrated your mindfulness lessons into your regular work. They are one.
Thank you Don ☺️
Right on Kim. You’re the greatest.
Simply - A great video Kim - truly enjoyed it ☺️
Scale, talent and being in the right place at the right time. 😱
Hmm thought provoking. I take anything and everything, I love taking photos. Just lately I have been taking images of motorbikes that come on a weekend ride to our town. I work at a cafe so I hear them arrive and go and bail them up with the camera. I usually offer to email them the images. It sounds a bit strange but I really enjoy it. Sometimes it leads to a photo shoot later. I did a Ford Model A one day, we drove it around town to locations and attracted a lot of attention. Probably not what you were expecting. Good exercise Kim, looking forward to the next vid.
Great video Kim! We hear so often that you can’t make a great photograph unless you are in specific environments/places. I have never felt that was the case. I completely agree with you, each of us should photograph what we love photographing. Whether it be landscape, water, people, travel, animals, etc. That’s when we do our best work. On another note, that beach looked incredible! How wonderful to have had it to yourself!! Thanks for sharing!!
It's great to realise you can get good images everywhere. We just need to find what fuels us. Yes - it was lovely! Thank you 😊
Another great video. The end point about what ur drawn too in regards to your photography is great thought provoking question.
Thank you Bek. Hope it helps you...although I think we both know the answer to this question for you 😉🌊
Nice..! I love woodland,& buildings photography. Also snapping/videoing my adventure sports. 🙂
Thanks Kim for sharing your experience with great comments & pics .....yes interesting comments & location & I can see why you get emersed in your work...my photography interests are fairly general as a hobbyist but I certainly love the coastal areas because of the water which is so relaxing... cheers from Australia 😀❤️
The water certainly is relaxing. Brilliant you too enjoy that environment. Thank you ☺️
Love again - just great how you explain and show your feelings, thank you so much. PS where is this in Scotland, I have to go there once:
As usual, candid, clearly expressed and informative. we look forward to more videos. Good luck.
Thank you 😊
Cool that you had the beach all to yourself! As always, most inspirational!
It was lovely! Thank you ☺️
Good job talking about the intimate connection with nature. The cacao ceremony helped you get connected in different ways. I really enjoyed your joy in that video and probably teased you too much. Maybe I’m a bit jealous? Beautiful location and love the joy in this video too.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Don't worry about the teasing 😊
Really interesting philosophy view on travel and local photography expectations and fulfillment.
Durning my career as a photojournalist I found myself working with the words of Diane Arbus, " it's the things I've never seen before that I recognize." Maybe this is why I don't do my best work on a tripod. Again another wonderful post Kim
You were sitting right on the spot where I’d be in my element Kim.Had I been there with you,I would have joined you for a swim! Beautiful 💙
So wonderful! I was beginning to wonder if the puffy was a permanent uniform in Scotland and was worrying about where I would find one for a trip there. LOL!!! Beautiful day and great video! Thanks for bringing us along. You are awesome!
Thank you Jon. It can be rare to not need a jacket but we have our day when it's doable...although you usually need one at some point. It's rarely hot all day 😂
Awesome video Thanks 🌹🙌🏻
Lovely video - thank you again for taking the time to make it.
I haven't ever heard of 'Earthing' - it made so much sense when you used it ! What a brill' concept - however ^_^ Could you explain 'Ponge' or whatever it was that you said at the end ( About 17'36" into the vid ). I'm sure it pertains to 'Going away & thinking about it' but I love that word !!
Can you clarify
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Thank you for yet another great video! Of course I love the images you make, but even more so your thoughts and philosophy on the creative process. Your channel as well as Simon Baxter's are my channels of choice nowadays. I've primarily been shooting within hiking or biking distance from my home in a suburb of Gothenburg, Sweden for the last couple of years. Luckily I live on the edge of a huge woodland area and I feel exactly as you describe it when I'm in "my forest", connected and alive. Since my spirit animal seems to be the sloth I don't get into the vibe of new locations fast at all... When I feel ready to shoot on a honeypot location it's usually time to go home:) In a time of climate change and ridiculous fuel prices not being dependent on a fossil vehicle feels like a luxury choice! There's a lot of channel telling us how to catch images, I appreciate channels that discuss why we try to catch them...
Beautiful comment Mats. I'm glad you can resonate. Your local woodland sounds lovely! Brilliant that you have such a deep connection with it and enjoy capturing it. Thank you for watching and following along 😊
For me, to be a photographer, if you d,ont have the sensibility to conect with your subjets...You are done, no matter if you have the best tecnical knowledge, the best equipment, sensibility it is the soul of the creativity...and Kim , you are a plenty of that..!!
That's so kind of you to say Ivan. Thank you 😊
Hey Kim,
I’m on a mission to go through your older videos and just came across this one.
I really must try ICM the next time I go out with my camera. I’ve always called it creative blur but mainly because I accidently move the camera while taking the shot.
Those grasses were absolutely amazing. Creative, arty, painterly and I can imagine a huge print up on a wall, perhaps in the reception of an office building.
Thanks for taking us with you, again, I am so jealous that you have the wonderful coastline local to you. Wow!
One question; Where are the midges? On the two occasions I have visited Scotland there has always been clouds of those pesky midges but yet I never see them in any of your videos. What’s your secret?
Take care.
Tony
A lot of great points Kim. Awesome video…just love your countryside so beautiful. Stay safe…Fred in Texas
Glad you enjoyed it Fred 🙂
Although I love exploring Scotland and photographing it's beauty my true photography passion has to be urban/street photography in Glasgow, I'm never disappointed with the pictures I get from a wee wander around the city.
Had the same last week, up on Malham Cove in Yorkshire
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much Darren ☺️
At 12:30, right behind you what would draw me to a contrasty, black and white shot!
I think you've got it. Do it for yourself "Wherever you go there you are"
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I live in wheat field country and was thinking of trying the shots you took with the grasses near the beach. Can you please tell me what lens you captured those photo with??
Thank you
I like mushrooms, texture of wood, tree bark, macro insects, clouds, waterfowl, birds, landscape, I guess I kind of like everything. I don't have the large lens I see others using, so I do the best i can with what I have, I photograph what I like, and not try to imitate others. I do believe composition is very important, and not just take a picture, but present the photo that those that view it, also find it interesting.
Lovely that you make the most of what you have. Brilliant you have such a wide variety of interests too. We are all different and that's what makes us unique 🙂
We are traveling to Scotland late October-early November,. I of course will bring my camera(s) so what is your weather like at that time of year? I like your RUclips vids & find them informative. Thank you, Paul.
Great to hear you're coming to Scotland later in the year Paul! Ah, it's impossible to say about the weather. The seasons are forever changing and every year is so different. Scotland is a very changeable country weather wise at the best of times but it's getting harder and harder to predict the weather. Ensure you pack for all weathers and you'll be fine 😃 The west also tends to get a lot more rain than the east so where you go will also dictate the weather. Have a great time!
Great video and thought provoking too. You seem to have understood that separating the music from your dialogue is the key to my understanding. Thanks.
Thank you - glad you enjoyed ☺️
Hi Kim, you have raised some interesting questions to pose for yourself as to what your heart tells you about which locations inspire you to take those photographs that are inspirational. Trying to be individual and seek what you feel is what your heart wants to see and experience, can be very challenging. It can be difficult to be the photographer you want to be and sometimes I stand and look, camera in hand, waiting for that moment of inspiration and I get writers' block. I'm trying hard to find my own self in photography, capturing what I feel is just me and not another photographer's work. It can be so hard at times to be your own self, to listen to your own inner voice. To let go. There are days when I go out to familiar locations, take a number of images and feel hollow knowing that it wasn't what I was looking for and my heart wasn't in it. But then there are those occasions when I don't have any expectations that I will find anything, then I do find something unexpected and for those few special moments I feel I have captured something for myself and it feels wonderful, and it is part of who I am. Those are the special moments for me. I have stopped counting the photographs I take and just remember the ones that touched my heart.
This is such a beautiful message Paul. Thank you very much for sharing your experience with photography. It is a rollercoaster of emotions and a process of exploration and development. Cherishing the days and images that touch your heart is a great way to live 🙏
wow. Spoken from the heart, my words exactly
Algonquin park, Ont. All of it's creatures 😊
Here is a question for you. In your opinion when does a photo stop being a photo and become an art creation?
Thank you for such an insightful video, Kim. I personally really feel drawn to water. Of course, I'm an Aquarius, so maybe that's just in my nature. :) Just last evening, I got some nice shots of the full moon rising over a lake. I did have a few duds - mostly from not being properly focused (nighttime photography - go figure!), but overall I was really satisfied with my results & communion with nature. This Saturday I'm looking forward to going to a nearby state park. It's about 92 miles away, but for Texas, that's nearby! LOL The main reason is to celebrate my mom's birthday, but I'm hoping to get some photography & maybe hiking in as well. My ultimate goal is to get some nice sunset photos looking across the lake there. I did take several the last time we went there, but there were no clouds, so the sky was just kind of ho-hum. Fingers crossed I'll have a more interesting sky this time! When I was younger, I used to take trips to paint landscapes. I would get so stressed-out for whatever reason, just thinking about painting on location. I finally started giving myself permission not to make so much as a single brushstroke. That seemed to break up my artistic block, & I was usually able to get at least some painting in. I haven't painted in years, but I still like to do creative things with my hands, & have lately been getting even more into photography. I live with schizophrenia & major depression, so having a creative outlet is important to me. Thankfully, throughout my mental illness journey, I've never lost my ability to be creative. Anyway, thank you again for sharing your thoughts. I am hoping to enter your "Earth" challenge this month. Maybe with photos from this Saturday! :) Take care, & I hope you have a wonderful day! :)
This was so beautiful to read Andrea. Thank you so much for taking the time to share ❤️
I don't earn from mine, but I use my photography as motivation to get out in nature and just capture life. But I don't do humans, because I've seen over and over again how destroying we are. But currently lacking the motivation to get out, because I know the area and aren't able to get out and explore what I don't see daily. Going to turkey next month, and can't wait to be able to make new memories and exploring 😊 it will be a challenge though, because I'm a max 10 degrees Celsius person 😅 I'm from the Faroe Islands, just a stone throw north of Scotland 😊
Beautiful Villiam. I hope you have a lovely time in Turkey when the time comes ☺️
That was so weird Kim! I was just thinking to myself "That place looks Heavenly!" and then you said the exact same thing! I've thought long and hard, to the point of agonising over the places I go to and the kind of photography I want to do Kim. You see, I have one major problem. Wherever I go, it has to be where I can physically get to, because I don't drive. We have a car, which my wife drives, but she has M.E. so she can only take me to different places when she feels up to it. Other than that it's wherever I can get to on my mobility scooter, which does restrict me to very local places.
We are so in sync Ash 😉
@@kimgrantphotography 😊😊
I liked the first ICM shot.
Thank you Dave. That was my favourite in the end too! 😊
Best advice - Lord Snowdon - if you want more good photos, take a lot of photos.
I often think we want an emotional response to our photography so to that end we need to amerce ourselves as photographers and feel that emotion as we frame our next photograph
An image always means more when we're emotions connected to it 😃
I know exactly what you mean about Glencoe. Beautiful scenery, but it is hard to get an original shot.
It can be. I just don't feel creativity connected to it. Plenty of opportunities for images there for those who love it ☺️
Your so lucky the last time I was at Aberdour beach it was over run we camper vans
I'm noticing so far everywhere seems to be much quieter this year. It's nice and peaceful! Was mid week too which helped ☺️
You'd be impressed with me this week. I took my shoes and socks off while I photographed a Time Lapse of the tide coming in and covering over the Lindisfarne causeway. This allowed me to stay longer while the tide flowed all around me. 😀
That's great Frank! Beautiful to hear ☺️
@@kimgrantphotography I appear to be suffering the same visual problem as you with dust spots on my camera sensor. 😜
If you have a few moments to spare, you are more than welcome to watch my latest offering where I got my feet wet and suffered for my art. 🤣
Something is wrong with the sound. And I’m not getting what you want to share, but that’s just me.
What a great video! I've often asked myself the same question when traveling to other locations to photograph. I always seem to migrate back to the Midwest because it'w where I'm drawn. I agree with you, I always seem to find that my photography improves shooting in my own playground :-). FYI I'm following you on Instagram. Keep the great videos coming :-)
Great, will share ;)
Thank you ☺️
Patience ,
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one word with landscape photography - LUCK!!
Luck certainly does come in handy ☺️
I’ve noticed the same thing, my best work is what I’ve done locally. I always thought something was wrong with me.
Thank you
Where is this did I miss where this is?
This was New Aberdour
You are beautiful and I like your videos
Thank you Peter
i think my philosophy will be, "dont forget sunscreen" ...or coffee
Yes! Sunscreen was certainly needed this day 😅
Too bad we don't all have a beach on the sea🙂
☹️ hopefully you have other beautiful places to enjoy instead 🤞
Lovely. Do you.
I've been a photographer for 53 years - it's all about planning, technique, knowing the limitations of your gear .... and most of all, practice, practice, practice. Also, don't wipe your lenses when you're sitting on a wind-blown beach.